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PublisherBenBella Books

ISBN-101933771429

ISBN-139781933771427

eBay Product ID (ePID)64087850

Product Key Features

Book TitleCry Wolf : a Political Fable

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolitical

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorPaul Lake

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-009670

Reviews"The inner logic ofCry Wolfis just right. Cleverly devised and well developed." -Chroniclesmagazine, "What seems, at first, a gentle fable about farm animals who enjoy a kind of ordered liberty, turns quickly into a grim allegory about man's dark impulse toward the collective." -Laurie Morrow, political columnist,The Montpelier Bridge, "Lake writes vividly and characterizes shrewdly, producing an anti-immigration fable more polished than Orwell's anti-Communist satire." -Booklist, "John Lennon sang 'Imagine there's no countries, and no religions, too'. In his superb limpid allegory, Paul Lake imagines these very things with terrifying precision." -Les Murray, poet and winner, TS Eliot Award, "A charming and chilling fable that underscores the fragility of a world achieved with great difficulty and so easily undone by good intentions gone awry." -The Reverend John Newhaus, editor in chief, First Things, "In the great tradition of George Orwell'sAnimal Farm. I can only hope that it will be as widely read and will be as powerful an influence as was Orwell's masterpiece in awakening civilization to its present deadly peril." -American Spectator

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisCry Wolf is an Animal Farm for the 21st century: a brilliant allegory of the political challenges we face in post-9/11 America. The farm animals' struggle to maintain their way of life against an influx of change is a powerful commentary on the importance of balancing freedom with justice, and on how easily even the best of intentions can destroy a community too caught up with what is "fair" to do what is right. Lake's novel raises questions of in the heart of every devoted citizen: Does political correctness ever trump law? Should safety ever be compromised for the sake of inclusion? Are big government and judicial systems tools to create order, or do they provide chaos?, A powerful tale about America's place in the world during these volatile times and a warning about the inherent dangers of unregulated immigration and identity politics, this playful narrative tells the story of the animals of Green Pastures Farm. When the farm's owner dies, the domesticated animals learn to tend the farm themselves and live in harmony, based on their basic tenets of "No Trespassing" and equality for all farm animals. The farm's balance and peace is irrevocably shaken when a wounded doe is allowed into the farm enclosure and is followed by an influx of other wild animals who threaten not only the farm's hard-earned winter food supply, but the very ideals on which Green Pastures Farm was founded.

LC Classification NumberPS3562.A379